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what do americans want to see in a fiscal cliff deal? >> the polls are at these num, the big sticking points, should taxes be raised on those making over $250,000 a taxes would be raised if there's no deal to avert the fiscal cliff. yesterday as you said, the president was in northern virginia meeting with a middle class family who would suffer if there was no deal. last week the president went to suburban philadelphia, to a small business again to make the point of his side in these fiscal cliff negotiations. different than a year and a half ago when the president dealt only with republicans in congress. this time he is taking the case to americans and getting outside of washington, d.c. congressional republicans not so happy that the president is doing this. >> we understand that. paul steinhauser live in washington, thank you. >>> let's talk more about the fiscal cliff. we have the washington correspondent for the new yorker and cnn contributor ryan lizza with us. john boehner and the president in a room, just the two of them. good id
what do americans want to see in a fiscal cliff deal? >> the polls are at these num, the big sticking points, should taxes be raised on those making over $250,000 a taxes would be raised if there's no deal to avert the fiscal cliff. yesterday as you said, the president was in northern virginia meeting with a middle class family who would suffer if there was no deal. last week the president went to suburban philadelphia, to a small business again to make the point of his side in these...
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>> the two leaders discussing the fiscal cliff by telephone yesterday. no word of significant progress with just 26 days remaining to get a deal done. but there are signs of compromise. oak e oklahoma's republican senator breaking ranks, saying he's okay with raising taxes on the rich. >>> two seizures off the coast of the dominican republic last month, authorities recovering more than 50 bails of coke. it is weighing close to two tons. the drugs had a street value of $45 million. it will now be destroyed. >> are you losing your keys or misplacing your wallet. >> yes. >> there may be a quarter-sized blue tooth enabled button to communicate with a smart phone. >> sneakers, that's hysterical. >> the app will have a radar feature if they're getting warmer or colder. >> my blackberry charger. that's what i need it for. >> it just has to tell you where it is. >>> a sticky situation on a highway. in new hampshire, a tractor-trailer loaded with a cargo of maple syrup overturned on the interstate near mansfield, new hampshire. diesel fuel also spilled on to the
>> the two leaders discussing the fiscal cliff by telephone yesterday. no word of significant progress with just 26 days remaining to get a deal done. but there are signs of compromise. oak e oklahoma's republican senator breaking ranks, saying he's okay with raising taxes on the rich. >>> two seizures off the coast of the dominican republic last month, authorities recovering more than 50 bails of coke. it is weighing close to two tons. the drugs had a street value of $45...
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to sdus fiscal cliff deals. a deal was not sealed. we're 20 days from the fiscal cliff. time becoming critical. congress going on christmas break two days from now, shannon travis following the snipping and deal making in washington. shannon, what's in the proposals? do you know? >> zoraida, this will be confusing for viewers. let's try to break this down as simple as possible. president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke yesterday evening after an offer from the white house and a counteroffer from republicans. the white house offer, the white house wanted 1.6 trillion in new revenue in terms of increased tax occasion -- reducing -- excuse me. increasing the rates on the wealthiest americans. now they are down to 1.4 trillion on monday. on tuesday, the republicans responded. we don't have a whole lot of details on that but bainary's office saying, you know what, white house? show us cuts to entitlement spending before we talk about entitlement reform. amid that back drop, since nothing is firm just yet. republicans and democrats are obviously still as you mention
to sdus fiscal cliff deals. a deal was not sealed. we're 20 days from the fiscal cliff. time becoming critical. congress going on christmas break two days from now, shannon travis following the snipping and deal making in washington. shannon, what's in the proposals? do you know? >> zoraida, this will be confusing for viewers. let's try to break this down as simple as possible. president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke yesterday evening after an offer from the white house and a...
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and washington is playing fiscal with the fiscal cliff. -- playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. this deal will only get done by president obama and john boehner making a deal. they came close in the summer of 2011. the parties are so polarized and partisans polarized this is a problem. >> i keep saying we need a presidential historian or hostage negotiator. somebody could say we've been at stalemates before, gotten over it, shut down the government in '96. tip o'neill and ronald reagan managed to solve problems and get along. listen to what john mccain said about what we need here. >> it's time now to sit across the table from one another, rather than -- in the way they did with ronald reagan and the way you get things done in washington. >> the way they did with ronald reagan and get things done in washington. you sit together and figure it out. they were at a holiday party they didn't talk to each other. they're issuing sort of statements and rebuttals and saying i'm not going to budge. >> negotiation by press release. this is not how things get done in washington and part of
and washington is playing fiscal with the fiscal cliff. -- playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. this deal will only get done by president obama and john boehner making a deal. they came close in the summer of 2011. the parties are so polarized and partisans polarized this is a problem. >> i keep saying we need a presidential historian or hostage negotiator. somebody could say we've been at stalemates before, gotten over it, shut down the government in '96. tip o'neill and ronald reagan...
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. >>> the other big story today, getting a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff is looking more and more like it might take a christmas miracle. president obama and congressional republicans seem to be digging in on the issue of taxes right now. but a new "wall street journal"/nbc poll shows an overwhelming majority of americans are siding with the president. of the republicans polled, we're seeing a big shift a majority favoring compromise. white house correspondent brianna keilar is following this informatio negotiation, the ups and down. i'm not sure the polls matter as much as the members on both sides of the aisle. >> the good news is they are still talking, the white house and the speaker's office. president obama and the speaker have spoken. the staff is talking. when you listen to how they're characterizing conversations, it's not that great. from sunday's conversation that the speaker had with the president, he called that cordial. he just said that his conversation on tuesday night with the president was deliberate and frank. both the speaker and the white house have been asked abou
. >>> the other big story today, getting a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff is looking more and more like it might take a christmas miracle. president obama and congressional republicans seem to be digging in on the issue of taxes right now. but a new "wall street journal"/nbc poll shows an overwhelming majority of americans are siding with the president. of the republicans polled, we're seeing a big shift a majority favoring compromise. white house correspondent brianna keilar...
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when it comes to the looming fiscal cliff crisis that could be a good thing. in 21 days we go over that cliff and four days to get a deal done before they head to christmas break. drastic tax hikes and spending cuts loom. cnn political reporter shannon travis jones us live from washington. what are you hearing? >> well, we're hearing that the negotiations are continuing, zoraida. exactly what those negotiations contain, what's actually happening in them, we're unclear of. so we know that president obama and house speaker john boehner had that one-on-one meeting on sunday, it was their first since mid-november. discussions have continued but, again, very light on details. both sides yesterday put out statements from a public and then from the white house. very light on details. i'll read just one of them for you. quote, discussions with the white house are taking place but we have no detail to share about the substance of those conversations. the republican offer made last week remains the republican offer and we continue to wait for the president to identify t
when it comes to the looming fiscal cliff crisis that could be a good thing. in 21 days we go over that cliff and four days to get a deal done before they head to christmas break. drastic tax hikes and spending cuts loom. cnn political reporter shannon travis jones us live from washington. what are you hearing? >> well, we're hearing that the negotiations are continuing, zoraida. exactly what those negotiations contain, what's actually happening in them, we're unclear of. so we know that...